Jon

Made in Nottingham. Life in London. Super Notts always 🖤🤍 ⚽️ KTF ✊🌈 🇪🇺🌹 No pasaran. Love 🏏 🎸 NHS

[Jon @jwise33328]

@richyfoster @mubi Hi I haven’t seen the film. What does it relate to ? Cheers from a Notts fan !

[MarshFamilySongs @MarshSongs]

Updated version of the "Grand Old Duke of York" - as of 8.30pm on Sunday 22nd Feb, charting this week's royal #PrinceAndrew news - with ukelele, violin, and djembe for some 🎶 variation.

[Stan Collymore @StanCollymore]

Suicide.

I'm choosing to be deliberately blunt and provocative in this post because it's necessary. Government, charities, football clubs are all pushing water up a hill in highlighting what is undoubtedly a major health crisis.

You take a rope.
You put it up in a garage or a tree nearby or far away.
You're thinking about every loved one you'll leave behind as you put that rope around your neck.
Then you drop.

Some are decapitated.
Some aren't.
All are found by someone who has a lifetime of trauma that will never leave them.
A son.
A daughter.
A brother.
A sister.
A mother.
A father.

I know 2 men who hung themselves.

One was found by his Mom.
One was found by his brother.
Neither have recovered fully. 20 and 30 years on.

A life sentence for people who were already worrying, terrified their loved one may do something.

So just visualise the above and ask, "is there another way"?

A segway for a moment.

I do a few Q&A's every year. Tales of yesterday with a 99% male audience of my age group.

After the stories and fun, my last question back to the audience is..

"Hands up if you struggle with a mental health issue".

Nobody ever puts a hand up. Despite 1 in every 3 of 500 attendees statistically struggling.

"Ah, nobody, that's fucking brilliant! Well I do! ". I then graphically tell people, stunned into silence about how a rope around my neck in the middle of nowhere jolted me to go home and cry like a baby to my Mom.

After the Q&A has finished, something always happens. I'll be chatting to a few guys, saying bye and one by one, men will come over and whisper " I struggle".

Or my mailbox the next day will have 30 emails from guys, their partners or kids saying " Dad/Uncle /Brother was there last night and what you said hit them hard".

And that's how some people realise that it's time to speak to a pal or family member or even rant to me in an email. It works, I often get a follow up email a year or 6 later saying that they took responsibility for their suicidal feelings and are now flying.

Humans are programmed to want to live, to have families and to keep the species growing and thriving. So for a human to want to short circuit that desire isn't normal, and it should never be spoken of as normal. It's the ultimate red flag.

If you suspect your mate, Dad, Brother, Uncle is struggling mentally, they deserve your intervention.

They deserve a " are you OK, please tell me what's up".

They deserve an opportunity to get past wanting to hang a rope over a tree or in a garage and slowly struggle until they die and you find them.

If you've been there and trust me I have plenty, then you'll know that text out of the blue, or a footie mate or one of your kids asking jow you are can open the curtains to some sunshine.

Because when suicide is your only answer, the room is already dark, and you can't see a way out.

So please, fucking pretty please, ask that husband, Dad, Uncle, Cousin, footie pal TODAY how they are.

You may be shocked what comes back but extremely glad that you asked.

For those who struggle, you're not alone.

[Ron Manager Remembers Nottingham @ronmanagernottm]

Nottingham's never been the same since they dismantled this piece of public art. Always loved the artistic compression of the O and the K which was either a genius piece of graphic design or a dreadful miscalculation of available wall space.
#coyp

[Unite Against Fascism @uaf]

Shout out to football fans this Saturday!
Join #StandUpToRacism #Feb1st London march; show the extreme right the Red Card.
@AntiRacismDay @GedGrebby

[Ron Manager Remembers Nottingham @ronmanagernottm]

From when the blue invalid car was the best seat in the house.

[Cedwyn Scott @scottcedwyn_]

You Pies, thank you! 🖤🤍

[Notts County FC (P) @Official_NCFC]

"Scott...sends Notts County back to the Football League!" 🎉

[Jon @jwise33328]

Robbie Williams receives keys to City of Melbourne https://t.co/aL1uyp3X8d

[Notts County FC (P) @Official_NCFC]

Christmas can be a tough time for many.

If you're struggling, seek support 🖤

[Notts County FC (P) @Official_NCFC]

We're tremendously saddened by the passing of our former Director of Football, Sven-Göran Eriksson.

Our thoughts are with his loved ones at this very sad time 🖤

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

What an incredibly uplifting story.

19 young Afghan women have just arrived in Edinburgh to complete their medical degrees.

They'd lived in fear for their lives ever since the Taliban took power.

All credit to the @LindaFoundation 👏👏👏🩺

https://t.co/ZhIvny5hv1

[Neil Tomlinson @NeilTom75425607]

@magpies_history My first visit to Upton Park the place was rocking to if the kids are united by Sham 69 5-0 down Notts got a goal back the few Notts fans who dared to cheer were met with a mass chant of you’re gonna get your fucking heads kicked in x

[TB @bobbytomncfc]

⚫️⚪️⚫️⚪️⚫️⚪️⚫️⚪️

[Billy Bragg @billybragg]

The spirit of Cable Street has been manifested across our country tonight. All over England people from different creeds and communities have come together to send a message to the racists: No Pasaran!

[Harry Eccles @Heccles94]

There is no legitimising fascism.

You are either a fascist, or you are an anti-fascist.

[RMT @RMTunion]

It's time for unity.
Signed by RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch and President Alex Gordon, @RMTunion is proud to support this Stand Up To Racism campaign.